Sliced bread—or "pane in cassetta" as it’s known in Italy—pops up in so many easy bread recipes, and you know why? Because it ...

Baking bread can be complicated, especially when it comes to figuring out how long to proof your dough, so we asked two experts about how to nail the timing.

Chefs, I once presumed, stood mid-kitchen, gazed at the ceiling and pronounced: rich, egg-bolstered bread! Then produced a perfect loaf. Perhaps some are struck by ...